'A feeling of despair:' Democratic donors grapple with messaging, midterm map and an emboldened Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : As CNN recently reported, Musk - who spent nearly $300 million to elect Trump and Republicans in Congress last year - has committed to significant spending on campaigns to help the GOP.
47% : Although term-limited himself, Trump has boasted of raising upwards of half a billion dollars since the election and has pledged to invest heavily in preserving the GOP's majorities in Congress and buck the trend of the president's party losing congressional seats in the midterm elections.
39% : " Since losing the presidency and the Senate last November, Democrats in Washington have struggled to land on a unified message to effectively confront Trump, much to the dismay of some Democratic contributors and activists.
39% : " Democrats can't afford any donor defections, as Trump and aligned groups build big war chests for the midterms.
30% : In New Hampshire, for instance, Trump improved his margin of defeat last year and former Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte handily won the governor's race.
25% : People are clamoring for more protests and ads to counter Trump, Litman said, "but there's no money to do any of that.

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